Saturday, 27 June 2009

Am curious about rap for many reasons and whilst I love some of the more 'classical' mainstream rap like Run DMC, TheStreets, Eminem etc I always like to broaden my experiences. I have been looking for tips for non US/UK rappers so today I asked twitter and facebook and this is the combined response. Not a damn clue what they are saying though. Some gems here...

non-us hi-hop is far better than most of usa rubbish...MC Solaar is a french legend, as are Sian Supa Crew, then the likes Xplastah(Tanzania) and Daara J (Sengale) represent to new wave of African hip-hop (there's a very good Rough to African Hip-hop for the unitiatied). Unless Scott I would say the UK are definitely hip-hop a very uk slant on hip-hop...

Hey Al, love the new blog. My hip hop and rap knowledge is low but I do love most of what I hear. Got a Eminem Relapse and a £15 iTunes voucher for my birthday so perhaps time to widen my collection....